I am just a girl from Kentucky who has stories to tell. . .

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A few months ago, I attended a day long retreat in an idyllic place nestled among woods and hills in the country with a small group of wonderful women. One of the first things we did that day was to… Read More ›

At this point in the year, I usually am barely hanging on to what’s left of my shredded sanity, as I feverishly wait for the new year to rescue me from the current year’s challenges. Not this year, though. For… Read More ›

Six months from today, it will all be over, and it will all be just beginning, too. The ball in Times Square will have dropped. The singing of Auld Lang Syne will have concluded. 2018 will have been put to rest. And… Read More ›

In recent years, it has become popular to select a word to serve as a mantra, a reminder, or a motivator of sorts for the new year. Amplified. Inspired. Courage. These are a few words that some of my friends… Read More ›

Two days into the new year, and I am feeling great about 2017. This new year still has that new car kind of scent to it, and everything just feels different, in a good way. I have welcomed a new commitment to old… Read More ›

Happy New Year!!! Yes, I am well aware that it is July 1, not January 1, so, it is actually ‘Happy New Year and a Half’, but ‘Happy New Year’ sounded better. Either way, I hope that this new day,… Read More ›

Three months ago, I sat in this same spot on my couch and wrote about the end of the year and the anticipation of the new year to come, and I spent that last night of 2012 dreaming and planning for… Read More ›